# baj
## Greenlandic
### Etymology

English bye.

### Pronunciation

IPA: /baj/

### Interjection

baj
* goodbye

## Hungarian
### Etymology

Borrowed from Serbo-Croatian boj (“battle”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈbɒj]
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: baj
* Rhymes: -ɒj

### Noun

baj (plural bajok)
* trouble, matter, problem
    Synonyms: gond, probléma
    Mi a baj? ― What's the matter?
* (obsolete) battle, combat, fight, duel
** 1651, Miklós Zrínyi, Szigeti veszedelem (“The Siege of Sziget”, literally “The Peril of Sziget”), Franklin (1901), canto 14, stanza 101; translation by László Kőrössy:
    Mikor Szigetvártul jó tova valának, / Egy szép kerék rétet völgybe találának. / Azt tudnád, akartva ezt harczhoz csinálták. / Itten halálos bajt csak ketten vivának.When from Szigetvár they were a good distance, / A pretty round meadow found in a valley; / You would think that it was made purposefully for battle, / Here only two fight a fatal duel.
* ill, trouble, condition, complaint (a certain abnormal state of health)

#### Derived terms

* bajlódik
* bajos
* bajvívás
* cukorbaj
* párbaj
* sebaj
* a baj nem jár egyedül
* annyi baj legyen
* bajba jut, kerül, keveredik
* bajban ismerszik meg a jó barát
* ellátja a baját

#### Descendants

* → Romanian: bai

### References

* ↑ baj in Zaicz, Gábor (ed.). Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (‘Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN. (See also its 2nd edition.)

### Further reading

* baj in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
* baj in Nóra Ittzés, editor, A magyar nyelv nagyszótára [A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (Nszt.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published a–ez as of 2024).

## K'iche'
### Verb

baj
* to chew

### References

* Allen J. Christenson, Kʼiche-English dictionary

## Polish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈbaj/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -aj
* Syllabification: baj

### Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *bajь. By surface analysis, deverbal from bajać.

#### Noun

baj m pers
* (literature) in-story storyteller or narrator in children's literature (a narrator of a children's fable within the fable itself)

##### Related terms

* bajowy
* baja
* bajarka
* bajarz
* bajeczka
* bajka
* baju, baju, będziesz w raju
* bajać

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Verb

baj
* second-person singular imperative of bajać
    Synonym: bajaj

### Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Noun

baj f
* genitive plural of baja
    Synonym: bai

### Further reading

* baj in Polish dictionaries at PWN

## Serbo-Croatian
### Verb

baj (Cyrillic spelling бај)
* second-person singular imperative of bajati

## Swedish
### Alternative forms

* bau

### Etymology 1

From the West Bothnia and East Gothland dialectal word baj (“filth”). According to Rietz, possibly related to Middle High German baht.

#### Interjection

baj
* (obsolete, 18–19th century) chastening of children when they dirtied themselves, or exhibited bad behavior
** 1846, Johan August Lundell, Om rättstafningsfrågan. Tre föreläsningar.:Fy baj, lilla Maja!Bad, little Maja!
* (obsolete, 19th century) warning for children to watch out for something filthy, uncomfortable, or shameful
* (jokingly, obsolete, 19th century) more generally showing dislike or disgust of indiscretion, vulgarity, or shameful behaviour
** 1820, Carl Israel Hallman, C. I. Hallmans Skrifter:Baj baj, så Herr Rolf talar!Tut tut, Mr. Rolf, watch your language!
** 1896, Eugenie Beskow-Heerberger, För svenska barn : sagor och berättelser:"Usch, fy baj! Ricinolja!" ropades i korus omkring bordet.Yuk, disgusting! Castor oil!" they shouted in chorus around the table.

##### See also

* ajabaja (“No, you are not allowed to do that”)
* baja (“No, do not do that”)

#### Noun

baj n
* (dialect, obsolete, 18–19th century) filth, dirt, feces
    Synonyms: avföring, smuts, träck

##### Derived terms

* bajs (“poop”)

### Etymology 2

Borrowed from French baie (“bay”).

#### Noun

baj n
* (obsolete, 17–19th century) a bay connected to the sea which entrance is less broad than its middle, goes deeper into land than a bukt (“bay”) which tend to be more evenly broad
    Synonym: vik

### Etymology 3

Unknown. According to some from French Bayonne via bajonett (“bayonet”). According to others from "bajen vid Biscaja" (Bay of Biscay), compare baj (“bay”).

#### Noun

baj n
* (obsolete, 16–19th century) bajsalt, type of unrefined salt from western Europe
    Synonym: havssalt

### References

* baj in Johan Ernst Rietz, Svenskt dialektlexikon (1862–1867)
* baj in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
* bajsalt in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
* Fula Ordboken
* Anders Fredrik Dalin (1850) Ordbok öfver svenska språket‎, baj, page 102

## Zhuang
### Pronunciation

* (Standard Zhuang) IPA: /pa˥/
* Tone numbers: ba$^3$
* Hyphenation: baj

### Etymology 1

From Proto-Tai *paːꟲ (“parent's older sister”). Cognate with Thai ป้า (bpâa), Lao ປ້າ (pā), Lü ᦔᦱᧉ (ṗaa²), Shan ပႃႈ (pāa), Tai Dam ꪜ꫁ꪱ, Ahom 𑜆𑜡 (pā), Saek ป̂า.

#### Noun

baj (Sawndip forms 妑 or 𰌅 or 巴, 1957–1982 spelling baз)
* aunt (parent's elder sister, or the wife of parent's elder brother)

### Etymology 2

Borrowed from Chinese 靶 (MC paeH).

#### Noun

baj (1957–1982 spelling baз)
* target (mark to shoot at)

### Etymology 3

Borrowed from Chinese 把 (MC paeX).

#### Verb

baj (1957–1982 spelling baз)
* to guard; to watch over

### Etymology 4

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

#### Numeral

baj (1957–1982 spelling baз)
* approximately; about (used after a classifier or the words for "ten", "hundred", "thousand" and "ten thousand")